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The only retraction that Charles Murray has made with regard to the Bell Curve is the items on race and IQ.

Income Mobility, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

One of the enlightening points of research found in The Bell Curve is this; keeping in mind the irrefutable evidence of IQ predicting income, a single mother with an IQ in the top 5% stands a 30% greater chance of living in poverty than a married mother who has an IQ at the bottom of the scale.

Income Mobility, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

In her comments on this article, 'Jane Galt' writes that it illustrates that the Laffer Curve is more likely to be relevant to cities than to the Federal government.

Government Overgrowth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Developers are focusing on Blackberry (Curve is the #1 smartphone), Android (18 Android phones out this year!), Windows Mobile (on tens of millions of phones), iPhone (on 40 million units including iTouch).

Skype: No Palm Pre App for Now 2009

One reason for the diminishing returns illustrated by the left side of the Laffer Curve is tax avoidance.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Ideology and Economic Ignorance 2010

The shape of the Laffer Curve is very different for a locality that charges three times the tax rate charged the next town over than it is for the US as a whole.

Government Overgrowth, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The Laffer Curve is of course nonsense except at the extreme end points where no economy functions.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics: 2010

I know you probably believe in trickle-down to the last drop, but the Laffer Curve is a joke.

Open Thread 2008

Would love to attend the readings, but Curve is on the other side of the world and I have verylargeshoppingcomplexeson weekendsphobia.

KLued Up Sharon Bakar 2006

I seems to be a bit “klunky” but the Buzz Analytiocs folks said that the change in the Zune mind share in their Internet Hype Curve is a lot greater than the Ipod at the same stage in their intro – --

Portrait of an iPod owner 2005